Procurement of Parking Management Equipment

Source: World Bank — Ethiopia: Transport Systems Improvement Project (TRANSIP)

Invitation for Bids

Country: The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project: Transport Systems Improvement Project (TRANSIP)

Credit No.: 5816 - ET

Contract Title: Procurement of Parking Management Equipment

Reference No.: ET-AARTB-228107-GO-RFB

1) The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Transport Systems Improvement Project (TRANSIP), and intends to apply part of the proceeds toward payments under the contract for Procurement of Parking Management Equipment.

2) The Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) serves as the implementing agency for the project and now invites sealed bids from eligible bidders for the under listed goods with a delivery location of the Head Quarter of Addis Ababa Road Traffic Management Agency, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

3) The Bidding Document require bidders to have the following minimum qualifications:

(A)    If Bidder is Manufacturer:

  (i)     Financial Capability

        The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that it meets the following financial requirement(s):

• Historical Financial Performance: Submission of audited financial statements or, if not required by the law of the Bidder’s country, other financial statements acceptable to the Purchaser, for the last 5 (five) years to demonstrate the current soundness of the Bidder’s financial position.
• A minimum average annual turnover of USD 2 (Two) Million calculated as total payments received by the Bidder for contracts completed or under execution over the last 5 (five) years.
• As a minimum, the Bidder’s net worth for the last year calculated as the difference between total assets and total liabilities should be positive.
• Working capital and any credit lines at present is greater than total of payable current debts.

 (ii)     Experience and Technical Capacity

    The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that it meets the following experience requirement(s):

1. General Experience: a minimum of 5(five) years of overall experience
2. Specific Experience:

•  The Bidder should have successfully provided and implemented at least 3(three) contracts each of which valued at 1.5 (one and half) Million USD or more and are with similar nature with the cameras proposed to be supplied in the bid in the last 5 (five) years.
•  The Bidder should have a minimum of 3(three) years of experience in traffic management camera manufacturing
• The Bidder shall demonstrate that the cameras proposed to be supplied in the bid have been in production and operation for the last 5 (five) years

(iii)    Documentary Evidence

The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence to demonstrate that the Goods it offers meet the requirements stated in Section VII (Schedule of Requirements) of the bidding document.

Notwithstanding the above, the Bidder shall also provide the following documents:

•      Manuals (Design, Installation, Operational and Maintenance)

•      Test reports.

 (B)   If Bidder is not manufacturer:

If a Bidder is not a manufacturer, but is offering the Goods on behalf of the Manufacturer under Manufacturer's Authorization Form (Section IV, Bidding Forms), the Manufacturer shall demonstrate the above qualifications (i), (ii), (iii) and the Bidder shall demonstrate that it has successfully completed at least 3 (three) contracts of similar goods (a contract should include at least 2 (two) types of the proposed goods with the exception of the motorbikes, and all the goods with the exception of the motorbikes should at least be included in 2 (two)  of the contracts) in the past 5 (five) years.

4) Bidding will be conducted through the International Competitive Bidding (ICB) procedures as specified in the World Bank’s Guidelines: Procurement of Goods, Works and Non-Consulting Services under IBRD Loans and IDA Credits & Grants by World Bank Borrowers  edition of January 2011 and July 2014 Revision (“Procurement Guidelines”), and is open to all eligible bidders as defined in the Procurement Guidelines. In addition, please refer to paragraphs 1.6 and 1.7 setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.

5) Interested eligible Bidders may obtain further information from Addis Ababa City Roads Authority (AACRA) and inspect the bidding documents during office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time from Monday to Thursday, and from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. local time on Friday at the address given below.

6) A complete set of bidding documents in English Language may be purchased by interested Bidders on submission of a written application to the address below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of USD 50.00 (US Dollar One Hundred) or ETB 2,300.00 (Ethiopian Birr Two Thousand Three Hundred).  The method of payment will be in cash, bank certified check or telegraphic transfer to the Purchaser’s Bank Account in the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia-Sar Bet Branch through Account No. 1000009607734 and the Swift Code is CBETETAA. The document will be delivered by hand.

7) Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before January 25, 2022 at 2:30 PM. Electronic bidding will not be permitted. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be publicly opened in the presence of the bidders’ designated representatives and anyone who choose to attend at the address below on January 25, 2022 at 3:00 PM.  

8) All bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security of USD 15,000.00 (US Dollar Fifteen Thousand) or equivalent amount in any freely convertible currency or local currency (Ethiopian Birr); and it should be valid for 168 days from the latest deadline for the submission of bids.

9) The address referred to above is:

For the purpose of the purchase of Bidding Document, and questions and clarifications only, the Purchaser’s address is:

Purchaser:  Addis Ababa City Roads Authority

Attention: Mohammedawel Seid, Engineering Procurement Directorate Director

Floor/ Room No.: Head Office, Ground Floor, Room No. 36

Street Address: Roosevelt Street, Sar Bet, beside Pushkin Square

Town/City: Addis Ababa

Country: Ethiopia

Telephone: +251-11-3728960/48

Electronic mail address (for questions and clarification purposes only): aacraepd@gmail.com or abelaltaseb1991@gmail.com

For the purpose of bid submission and opening, the Purchaser’s address is:

Purchaser: Addis Ababa City Roads Authority

Attention: Moges Tibebu, Director General of Addis Ababa City Roads Authority.

Floor/Room number: Head Office, Ground Floor, Room No. 39

Street Address: Roosevelt Street, Sar Bet, beside Pushkin Square

Town/City: Addis Ababa

Country: Ethiopia